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Hundreds more prisoners freed in second phase of early release scheme
Around 650 offenders are leaving jails in England and Wales on Tuesday in the second phase of the government's early release scheme. This tranche includes prisoners serving up to two and a half years who are released after serving a third of their sentence. The policy aims to tackle the prison population crisis, but it has drawn criticism from opposition politicians and victims' charities. Concerns center on public safety, probation workloads, and electronic tagging failures.